self-serving

adjective

Meaning

Acting primarily to advance one's own interests, often at the expense of others or under the guise of being helpful.

Examples

His decision to resign right before the audit was clearly a self-serving move to avoid scrutiny.
She dismissed the valid concerns of her colleagues as mere jealousy, a self-serving interpretation of the situation.

Synonyms: selfish, opportunistic, egocentric, self-aggrandizing

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self-serving

adjective

Pronunciation: /ˌsɛlfˈsɜːrvɪŋ/

Definition

Acting primarily to advance one's own interests, often at the expense of others or under the guise of being helpful.

Examples

His decision to resign right before the audit was clearly a self-serving move to avoid scrutiny.
She dismissed the valid concerns of her colleagues as mere jealousy, a self-serving interpretation of the situation.
The company's self-serving environmental policy focused more on public relations than actual carbon reduction.

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